Leo Messi great favorite to win FIFA The Best Award
In Paris on Monday (27/2), the president of FIFA, Gianni Infantino, will give the prizes to the top players of 2022. The Argentine talent wants his second The Best
Newly crowned world champion with Argentina, Lionel Messi is the heavy favorite for the best player award at the presentation of the 'Fifa Best' trophies on Monday (27/2) in Paris.
The Paris Saint-Germain superstar has finally won with his country's National team the supreme title that was missing from his illustrious record and it seems that this is the best way to win the favor of the judging panel, which consists of coaches, national team captains and journalists, a panel completed by public online voting.
If successful, Messi will receive this accolade for the third time after 2009 and 2019 and succeed Polish striker Robert Lewandowski, winner in 2020 and 2021.
The seven-time Ballon d'Or winner is up against two Frenchmen, his Parisian team-mate Kylian Mbappe and Karim Benzema. The former, top scorer at the 2022 World Cup with 8 goals, made his mark in the World Cup final with a legendary hat-trick, despite losing on penalties to Albiceleste.
Benzema, for his part, was the great architect of Real Madrid's 14th Champions League win, the fifth of his career and the one that won him the Ballon d'Or. Contenders to win The Best 2022 award for the best player in the world.
The 14 candidates:
Julian Alvarez (River, Manchester City, Argentina)
Jude Bellingham (Dortmund, England)
Karim Benzema (Real, France)
Kevin de Bruyne (Manchester City, Belgium)
Erling Haaland (Dortmund, Manchester City, Norway)
Achraf Hakimi (Paris, Morocco)
Robert Lewandowski (Bayern, Barcelona, Poland)
Sadio Mane (Liverpool, Bayern, Senegal)
Kylian Mbappe (Paris, France)
Lionel Messi (Paris, Argentina)
Luka Modric (Real, Croatia)
Neymar (Paris, Brazil)
Mohamed Salah (Liverpool, Egypt)
Vinicius (Real, Brazil)
The votes are divided into four parts: 25% of journalists, 25%, captains of national teams. 25% the federal coaches and the remaining 25%, from the fans.
Full list of 2022 awards:
In addition to the best player award, on February 27 the winners will be announced in a total of 11 categories:
Best player man
Best player woman
Best coach
Best coach
Best goalkeeper
Best goalkeeper t
FIFA FIFPRO World 11 Women
FIFA FIFPRO World 11 Men
FIFA Fair Play Award
FIFA Puskás Award (for the best goal of the year)
Fan award
The best WOMAN player award
The candidates for the 2022 player of the year award are: Aitana Bonmati (Barcelona), Debinha (North Carolina Courage), Jessie Fleming (Chelsea), Ada Hegerberg (Olympic Lyon), Sam Kerr (Chelsea), Beth Meade (Arsenal), Vivian Mitema (Arsenal), Alex Morgan (San Diego), Lena Oberdorf (Wolfsburg), Alexandra Popp (Wolfsburg), Alexia Pouteyas (Barcelona), Wendi Renard (Lyon), Keira Walsh (Barcelona) and Lee Williamson (Arsenal).
The award for the best coach:
The nominees for the best coach for 2022 are: Carlo Ancelotti (Italy/Real Madrid), Didier Deschamps (France/France national team), Pep Guardiola (Spain/Manchester City), Walid Regraghi (Morocco/Morocco national team) and Lionel Scaloni ( Argentinian/Argentine national).
The award for the best coach:
The candidates for the award of the best coach of 2022 are: Sonia Bobastor (France/ Lyon), Emma Hayes (England/ Chelsea), Bev Priestman (England/ Canadian national team), Pia Sundage (Sweden/ Brazilian national team), Martina Voss-Tecklenburg (Germany/German national), Sarina Wiegmann (Netherlands/England national)
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